Improvement in faming-miiis



w. 8mo/x80.

Fanning Miu.

Patented Sept. 8, 1868. x

:ro ALL WHoM Ir MAY Getrennte;v

, .but which ere too short to sllow oats, rye, or other llong graine, topssshn 'so near to the screen C as to eect the desired object. b

@when greift, @um @mr Lener) Patent No. 81,957, dazed .september s,isos;

IMPR0VVEMBN T IN FAN N IN G-MILLS,

die Schemi: reftmt to in fliegt ttitts @anni imo making purl'ttttcram'r.

Be it lm own that I, WILLIAM Sronvenn, ofv Winona,- in .the county oWinona, ond"S'tate ot' Minnesota,

have invented af new and usefullmprovement 1in Fnnning-Mills; and dohereby declare lthat the' following ie efull, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the nrt to makeand use theame,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings-forming part of thisspecification, in which-w Figure 1 .represents e sectional elevation',taken on-the line n: a of 6&2. 4 Figure 2 represents a. horizontalsection on the line y y of 63.1, and Figure 3 represents n detail vew,showing one o f thescrewwand the epouts leading thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. Y

Theobjectofthis-infection iste provide en' improved fsnnngLmill fol'cleaning gram.' Y

It consists of on improved agitating-oppnratus, for facilitatingthe'feeding of the groin fron the hopper. 'Also' an improved appar-etno forvseperatingcwts or other longA grain' fromwheat.

. Also, in 'oombination therewith; of an improved screeni'ngmppaatu, forseparat-ing cockl and other 5mg grains from the wheat'. f v

represents an oscillating feedingbiirfdriienged iin'der the. month `ci'the hopper on h-shoft, wbichis actu; 'e'd by a vibrating forked arm,Brwhich 'tsks onv imeccentric'enthe shaft of the fen-blower.'

C represents-e curved screen, provided witiililresof su'icient diameterto'ollow the groin to fall through,A

n lessl they happen to rise up sutlicieutly to be presented endwise, forthe preventio'n of which en endless epron, D, is-prvided, and wronged tomore The chad' and light material are delivered over the chute E', beingseparated from the grain inits'vertcsl descent through the blast of airfromY the fan ,from' the hopper to the screen G. v

The oats and` other similar material which are separated bythe screenare delivered over. the chute F, and

the' grninis delivered by, the chute G either to the spout-H orI,the-valve K determining yhich. By the spout H it is delivered to therotating screen L, ond by the spout I to another screen Mqrhich `mayhave nermeshes than'the screen L. I i

The screens L and M mny be operated by a cord', N, frorfn thecrankshaft, or in any other suitoble'mnnner; Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Potent- 1, Thecombinotion, ,with the hopper of n farming-mill, ofthe oscillatingfeeding-bar A, substantially all end for' the purpose described 2. Thecombination, with the screen C', of theendles's apron or belt D,substantially as and for the purpose described'.

blower, substantially as and for the purpose described.

, l WILLIAM STODDARD. Witnesses: v

WM. B. Antes, WM. H. ALLEN.

3. The rotary screens L and M, arranged as described, inctmibnstion4with chute G, screen C, and fan-l

